Description
In 1892 Paris, Annie Shaw longs to escape the confining American Colony where she’s lived for twenty years as a quiet Civil War widow. As a budding artist, she is ready to immerse herself in the Belle Epoque’s vibrant life of art, literature, and music. But when her domineering mother-in-law announces plans to move in next door and make Annie her permanent caregiver, Annie feels trapped and must choose between being responsible for others-her expected societal role-or living her life on her own terms.
A reimagining of the life of which there was no historical record, Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw is a bold historical novel that confronts the constricting Victorian norms of the late nineteenth century.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Roberta Harold
Published: 05/20/2025
Publisher: Rootstock Publishing
ISBN: 9781578691944
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 0.96″ H x 8.00″ L x 5.25″ W
About the Author
Harold, Roberta: – Roberta Harold is the author of two historical mysteries, “Heron Island” and “Murdered Sleep,” as well as numerous articles, reviews, short stories, and poems. A native of Scotland and 2001 graduate of the Bread Loaf School of English, where she won its 1999 Poetry Prize, she lives with her husband and cats in Montpelier, Vermont.
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